CVE-1999-1379

Published Dec 31, 1999

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: DNS allows remote attackers to use DNS name servers as traffic amplifiers via a UDP DNS query with a spoofed source address, which produces more traffic to the victim than was sent by the attacker.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:dnstools_software:dnstools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B73D2BE6-5D5F-49E3-8737-43923A78FFF6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References